Discover play therapy: Help your child process trauma and anxiety through play. Kamloops guide explains science, benefits, and WellMind Counselling options.

Trauma stems from overwhelming events that dysregulate the nervous system, causing PTSD in 1 in 10 Canadians. Symptoms include flashbacks, avoidance, hyperarousal, and fight-flight-freeze-fawn responses; brain changes enlarge the amygdala. Proven Kamloops treatments at WellMind Counselling: EMDR, IFS parts work, somatic therapy. Follow 4 recovery stages from safety to integration for lasting healing.

Have you ever felt like time was dragging unbearably slow while something distressing happened? Or maybe it feels like moment-by-moment things are moving so slowly, but somehow, time is still flying by? Strange shifts in how time feels are surprisingly common after traumatic experiences, including in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But why? Let’s explore!